Welcome to my new blog here on www.windowsecurity.com! My name is Dr. Tom Shinder and you might know me from my years over at www.isaserver.org. For the last ten years of my work life, I’ve dedicated myself to consulting and writing about Microsoft networking and security topics. During the last decade, I’ve had the opportunities to write on my own, or in collaboration with others, over 30 books on planning, installing, operating and securing Microsoft networks.
In this blog, and in the articles I’ll publish on www.windowsecurity.com, I’ll focus on Microsoft security technologies and products and how you can use those products and technologies to help secure your network and reach the ever increasing regulatory compliance issues that you’ll encounter over the coming years. I think you’ll be amazed at how Microsoft has changed from a company that paid relatively little attention to security in the past to one that has one of the most comprehensive security product and technology portfolios in the computer software industry today.
Another thing about this blog is that I’ll try to orient toward the MS network admin who isn’t planning on become the security expert in his organization. This means that I’ll focus on things that you can do to defend and protect your network now. I won’t try to turn you into a hacker, and I won’t try to educate you into the hacker’s mindset. Instead, I hope to provide you with the tools, technologies and methodologies that you can use to protect yourself from the bad guys, without trying to teach you how to become one of the bad guys.
I’m looking forward to working with all of you in the years to come and hope that we’ll have some active and professional discussions on this blog. We can all learn something from each other and ideally I’ll learn more from all of you than you learn from me! Just about everything I know I’ve learned from someone else, so let’s hope that positive trend continues on this blog.
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“…BranchCache is a new capability available as a part of Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. BranchCache helps increase the network responsiveness of applications, giving users in remote offices an experience more like working in the head office.
When accessing content stored on Windows Server 2008 R2, users in a branch office don’t need to wait as long to download files from headquarters. When IT enables BranchCache, a copy of data accessed from an intranet website or a file server is cached locally within the branch office.
When another user on the same network requests the file, the user gets access to the content almost immediately as it is downloaded from the local cache rather than over a limited bandwidth connection back to headquarters.
In this demonstration I configure and demonstrate the “Hosted Cache” option, and use it to cache content coming from a web server…”
Check out this instructive webcast over at:
http://edge.technet.com/Media/Install-and-Configur...-of-5/
HTH,
Tom
Thomas W Shinder, M.D., MCSE
Sr. Consultant / Technical Writer
Prowess Consulting www.prowessconsulting.com
PROWESS CONSULTING | Microsoft Forefront Security Specialist
Email: tshinder@isaserver.org
MVP — Forefront Edge Security (ISA/TMG/IAG)
If there’s one thing that makes a difference in terms of getting your work done, it’s being able to find the information you need. It doesn’t matter how many productivity application you have, it doesn’t matter how power those applications might be, and it doesn’t matter how new they are, if you can’t find that piece of information you need to plug into those applications.
I know that’s always been the case for me. I’m a packrat. In my small business I’ve amassed over 500 GB of information on my network. I mean 500 GB of “useful” information, not the typical stuff that fills hard disks over time. That’s 500 GB of information that needs to be searched on a regular basis to find names, technical details, email conversations etc. that I need to get to quick to solve problems and answer questions.
That’s where the coolness of Windows 7 comes in. The Windows 7 indexing service totally rocks. Yes, I know that previous versions of Windows had an indexing service, but it never seemed to do what you wanted it to do, or it was painfully slow. Not so in Windows 7!
Check out a nice article on the Windows 7 Search feature by Derek Schauland over at:
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/networking/?p=21...l.e101
HTH,
Tom
Thomas W Shinder, M.D., MCSE
Sr. Consultant / Technical Writer
Prowess Consulting www.prowessconsulting.com
PROWESS CONSULTING | Microsoft Forefront Security Specialist
Email: tshinder@isaserver.org
MVP — Forefront Edge Security (ISA/TMG/IAG)
“…Join us for this webcast as we walk you through the best practices and technologies available to secure e-mail in your organization.
After this webcast, you should know how to protect your Microsoft Exchange Server from malware and inappropriate content, how to protect your data from leaking into the wrong hands, and how to easily and securely publish your Exchange Server for access…”
Check it out at:
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDeta...425493
HTH,
Tom
Thomas W Shinder, M.D., MCSE
Sr. Consultant / Technical Writer
Prowess Consulting www.prowessconsulting.com
PROWESS CONSULTING | Microsoft Forefront Security Specialist
Email: tshinder@isaserver.org
MVP — Forefront Edge Security (ISA/TMG/IAG)
“…Your organization’s data seems to be located everywhere, and you need to make sure the data is readily accessible to everyone who needs it but not to anyone else. This isn’t an easy task, but Microsoft Forefront business-ready security can help.
Attend this webcast to learn about Microsoft information protection solutions and how to best encrypt and protect data—files, SharePoint sites, e-mails, whether data is at rest, in motion, or in use. Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS), Windows Server 2008 R2 File Classification Infrastructure, and RSA’s Data Loss Prevention Suite are all at your disposal.
We showcase the newest features in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 for data protection and describe how to easily federate access using Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) and AD RMS…”
Presenter: Uri Lichtenfeld, Solution Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDeta...425311
HTH,
Tom
Thomas W Shinder, M.D., MCSE
Sr. Consultant / Technical Writer
Prowess Consulting www.prowessconsulting.com
PROWESS CONSULTING | Microsoft Forefront Security Specialist
Email: tshinder@isaserver.org
MVP — Forefront Edge Security (ISA/TMG/IAG)
“…Organizations struggle every day with the tradeoffs resulting from the need to maximize benefits derived from IT, while preserving the confidentiality of customer and company data.
Using a technical framework for data governance can help you deal with privacy and security issues and develop a road map for the implementation and execution of governance, risk, and compliance efforts.
Attend this webcast to find out how you can employ your knowledge of your own organization’s data flows and data privacy and security policies to identify threats to data resources, manage risk, and select technical controls to improve the privacy and security of your sensitive information…”
Check it out at:
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDeta...ode=US
Thomas W Shinder, M.D., MCSE
Sr. Consultant / Technical Writer
Prowess Consulting www.prowessconsulting.com
PROWESS CONSULTING | Microsoft Forefront Security Specialist
Email: tshinder@isaserver.org
MVP — Forefront Edge Security (ISA/TMG/IAG)
Improving the Wireless Network Infrastructure at Microsoft
Attend this webcast to learn how Microsoft IT deployed the latest in wireless technology in its efforts to improve employee productivity and enhanced security. The deployment and testing were also in line with the Microsoft goal to move toward completely wireless office buildings. Join us to learn more!
Check out this webcast over at:
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDeta...429337
HTH,
Tom
Thomas W Shinder, M.D., MCSE
Sr. Consultant / Technical Writer
Prowess Consulting www.prowessconsulting.com
PROWESS CONSULTING | Microsoft Forefront Security Specialist
Email: tshinder@isaserver.org
MVP — Forefront Edge Security (ISA/TMG/IAG)
“…Learn how customers can protect client and server operating systems from emerging threats and information loss while providing secure access from virtually anywhere.
In this webcast, we demonstrate a Microsoft secure endpoint solution and highlight the key features and benefits of the solution.
We also highlight the multilayered protection offered by Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection, Forefront Protection Manager, and Threat Management Gateway…”
Check it out at:
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDeta...ode=US
HTH,
Tom
Thomas W Shinder, M.D., MCSE
Sr. Consultant / Technical Writer
Prowess Consulting www.prowessconsulting.com
PROWESS CONSULTING | Microsoft Forefront Security Specialist
Email: tshinder@isaserver.org
MVP — Forefront Edge Security (ISA/TMG/IAG)
“…Your organization’s data seems to be located everywhere, and you need to make sure the data is readily accessible to everyone who needs it but not to anyone else. This isn’t an easy task, but Microsoft Forefront business-ready security can help.
Attend this webcast to learn about Microsoft information protection solutions and how to best encrypt and protect data—files, SharePoint sites, e-mails, whether data is at rest, in motion, or in use. Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS), Windows Server 2008 R2 File Classification Infrastructure, and RSA’s Data Loss Prevention Suite are all at your disposal.
We showcase the newest features in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 for data protection and describe how to easily federate access using Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) and AD RMS…”
Presenter: Uri Lichtenfeld, Solution Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation
Register for the event over at:
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDeta...ode=US
HTH,
Tom
Thomas W Shinder, M.D., MCSE
Sr. Consultant / Technical Writer
Prowess Consulting www.prowessconsulting.com
PROWESS CONSULTING | Microsoft Forefront Security Specialist
Email: tshinder@isaserver.org
MVP — Forefront Edge Security (ISA/TMG/IAG)
Try your hands in a TechNet Virtual Lab and see how NAP works.
There are a lot of moving parts, so how about getting started in a virtual lab. There you can touch all the moving parts without worrying about breaking anything.
Check out the virtual lab over at:
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDeta...ode=US
HTH,
Tom
Thomas W Shinder, M.D., MCSE
Sr. Consultant / Technical Writer
Prowess Consulting www.prowessconsulting.com
PROWESS CONSULTING | Microsoft Forefront Security Specialist
Email: tshinder@isaserver.org
MVP — Forefront Edge Security (ISA/TMG/IAG)
